Tom Evans, Dean Butler, & Al Dopirak


Angler Tom Evans, guides Dean Butler and Al Dopirak are the world's greatest fly fishing, big fish world record chasers of all time! In shallow water, the bluest of blue water, the biggest tarpon, the biggest billfish....The fishing world has been spellbound by their catches for decades. In 2015, the International Game Fish Hall of Fame (IGFA) recognized Tom's efforts and success by inducting him into this pantheon of fishing.

We were extremely lucky that Tom, Dean, and Al all agreed to sit down and recap the years of chasing massive Tarpon in Homosassa and enormous Marlin in Vanuatu. Grab a cocktail and get ready for some incredible fish stories. This interview is raw, true, wry and extremely entertaining, nothing shy of the man himself, Tom Evans!

Tom Evans and Capt. Al Dopirak with a tarpon thought to be over 200lbs.Photo: Jim Holland Sr.

Tom Evans and Capt. Al Dopirak with a tarpon thought to be over 200lbs.

Photo: Jim Holland Sr.